When I was working as a lobbyist to the state legislature in the '90s, capitol cafeteria conversation one day turned to a newspaper article: the author had pointed out that in the current legislative session the three areas of most intense interest were schools, property taxes, and coyotes.
And in the first legislative session in the 1800s after we became a state, the most urgently debated & legislated issues were -- schools, property taxes, and coyotes.
On the national level, however, the issues are different because they are much broader -- having to do with the progress of humanity.
climate change
gun availability
election protection
stop harassment
------------------------------ I was trying to come up with a short list that they should work on.
Under the heading of Climate Change, we could include a national infrastructure project -- fix roads and bridges and bike paths and foot-paths.
Gun availability: crazy morons may not have any.
Elections: no foreign interference; no voter suppression; end gerrymandering. Anyone in Congress who allows these things, whether it's Republicans or Democrats, is automatically charged with treason and tried on television.
Harassment:
no L.E. stalking or murdering the public;
and no pestering, abusing, or en-caging of any people at the border. Either they're in or they're out. Don't steal their children; leave them alone. If Congress doesn't like people coming across the border, then send helpers to those countries where they have difficult conditions, fix the problems, and then people won't want to come here -- they'll be happy to stay in the beautiful country they are already in.
If our government and industry really truly didn't want any immigrants coming into America on a -- shall we say -- informal basis -- they would have easily put a stop to it 60 years ago. The reason they didn't and haven't is, they wanted cheap labor (just as long as it wasn't, like, their jobs).
Now our government and politicians and corporations do a passive-aggressive tap dance --
(dah dah da-da-da-da-lah-dah)
Yes, we want very inexpensive workers so we can be more rich;
No, we don't like no body coming across the border --
Oops,
(dance, dance)
Look over there!
Squirrel!
(dancity, dance-dance)...
----------------------- They're putting on this show at the border in order to distract people and turn them against each other.
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And speaking of Creedence Clearwater Revival -- go on You Tube and type in
CCR, Bad Moon Rising
and play.
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